start at the end and work backwards. First go to ellisisland.org website if she came in thru NYC and then go to the town of origin in Italy. Are you seeking documents then write by going thru www.circolocalabrese.org for form letters in Italian and send tot e Ufficio di Stato civile there and send $5.00, and a self addressed envelope even though the service is free and ask for an extract of birth if that is what you are seeking. If you want relatives then go to www.paginebianche.it and put in last name in first line and town name in thrid line and click CERCA for full names,addrsesses anbd telephone numbers if anybody witgh that surnbame is in that town. If you want to do your own research then purchase an easy read book titled Italian GHenealogical records by Trafford R. Cole and you can go all the way back to 1809 by researching micorfilms at the family history library of the mormon church. Pete